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This Slavery - by Scarlett Rickard (Paperback)

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  • Adapted from a novel by the radical feminist poet and author Ethel Carnie Holdsworth, this compelling, multilayered, and sumptuously designed dramatic romance plays out against the starkly observed realities of what it was to grow up female in prewar industrial Britain When the Lancashire cotton mill that employs them burns to the ground, sisters Rachel and Hester Martin are each forced to find their own way to survive in the harsh realities of prewar industrial Britain.
  • About the Author: Ethel Carnie Holdsworth (1886-1962), a writer, feminist and activist from Lancashire, was the first working-class woman to have a novel published in Britain.
  • 368 Pages
  • Comics + Graphic Novels, Adaptations

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Adapted from a novel by the radical feminist poet and author Ethel Carnie Holdsworth, this compelling, multilayered, and sumptuously designed dramatic romance plays out against the starkly observed realities of what it was to grow up female in prewar industrial Britain

When the Lancashire cotton mill that employs them burns to the ground, sisters Rachel and Hester Martin are each forced to find their own way to survive in the harsh realities of prewar industrial Britain. The contrasting paths they take in their quest for domestic autonomy form a subtly strident allegory of the all-but-insurmountable barriers of class and gender that then enslaved half the population. Part compelling narrative epic, part fiery Marxist-feminist polemic, this faithful, sumptuous, and revelatory adaptation by the award-winning Rickard Sisters reclaims a lost classic by holding it up as a mirror to our own hard times, and as a gloriously flaming beacon to future communities to offer strength, hope, and dignity.



About the Author



Ethel Carnie Holdsworth (1886-1962), a writer, feminist and activist from Lancashire, was the first working-class woman to have a novel published in Britain. She had a least ten novels published and wrote This Slavery in 1925. The Rickard Sisters, Scarlett and Sophie, are graphic novelists from the same Lancashire cotton country as Ethel Holdsworth, and have collaborated on adapting a series of early 20th-century political novels in their own lavish trademark style, including The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists and No Surrender. Scarlett is the artist and Sophie is the writer, and despite living 200 miles apart, they work closely together to perfect the development of these rich, vibrant, and inspirational books.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.5 Inches (H) x 6.75 Inches (W)
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 368
Genre: Comics + Graphic Novels
Sub-Genre: Adaptations
Publisher: Selfmadehero
Format: Paperback
Author: Scarlett Rickard
Language: English
Street Date: October 8, 2025
TCIN: 1003047065
UPC: 9781914224355
Item Number (DPCI): 247-50-5707
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 1 inches length x 6.75 inches width x 9.5 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 1 pounds
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